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Level: 41
Requires level: 37
Side: Both
Start: Acolyte Dellis
End: Watcher Mahar Ba
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1.	Mazen's Behest
2.	Mazen's Behest

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Mazen's Behest

Retrieve Khadgar's Essays on Dimensional Convergence and deliver them to Watcher Mahar Ba in Nethergarde Keep.

	Khadgar's Essays on Dimensional Convergence

Description

Master Mazen's directions were quite clear: Deliver a very important essay to Watcher Mahar Ba in Nethergarde Keep.

But I had never been to the Blasted Lands before! The journey was frightening!

When I got to the Swamp of Sorrows, I made a wrong turn and ended up surrounded by horrible plant-like swamp creatures. They lurched as if to attack me so I ran. But in my haste I dropped the essay. One of the beasts took it I am sure.

Could you please try to retrieve it and deliver it to Mahar Ba?

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You can choose one of these rewards:

	Teacher's Sash		Wanderlust Boots

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Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

3300 experience ( 19 80 at max. level)
100 Reputation with Stormwind

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Rating: +41 [-] [+]

By LordThurisaz on 04/02/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

Be prepared for a LONG grind. I was level 45 when I did this. I got just over 5 bars before the book dropped. At 145 exp per kill, that means I killed more than 200 of them. Suffice it to say, I was very happy to finally get the damned thing.

Rating: +27 [-] [+]

By Quietharm on 12/13/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

Try the Misty Valley in the northwest corner of the Swamp of Sorrows, as most drops occur here.

Rating: +25 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 09/25/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)

I was in the Misty Valley which is the NW corner of Swamp of Sorrows and I got the drop from a lvl 39 Swampwalker.

Rating: +20 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 02/18/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)

I am going to make a shirt that says I killed 200 swampwalkers and all I got was this stupid green axe drop.&nbsp Simply terrible. Giving up after 1 1/2 hours will try this quest when I have absolutly nothing else to do.

Rating: +14 [-] [+]

By moenbase on 08/30/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)

I suggest skipping this qst if it doesnt drop within 10 mobs.
It really isn't worth the time or experience you get.
Especially not when there are more people fighting here. It can take a long long time before it finally drops.
Lucky people may get it at the 1st or 2nd drop.

Rating: +9 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 07/14/2006 (Patch 1.11.2)

killed everything in sight including frogs for about an hour each day over 3 days... and still nothing.&nbsp This is the worst quest ever.

Rating: +8 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 02/18/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)

I got my drop off of a Swampwalker Elder after about 30ish kills.&nbsp

Acolyte Dellis is at Coor:40,64 SWC
Misty Valley is at Cood:13,35
Watcher Mahar Ba is at Coor:67,18 at the top of the tower, nethergaurd

I received 3300 exp at lvl 46 ally shaman

Rating: +7 [-] [+]

By DuvallSC on 05/27/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)

There are no tricks to quickly doing this quest - it is all based on how lucky you are. I started at halfway through level 41, and ended with the mob that I dinged 42 on. I did the math, and I killed roughly 150-200 mobs for it. If you do not enjoy grinding, kill 10-20 mobs and if you do not get the drop, abandon all hope!

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 09/25/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)

Don't bother looking anywhere else except Misty Valley around 16,39 in the NW corner.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 09/25/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)

I got the item from a&nbsp -> Tangled horror <- in Misty vally (NW of the swamp)... just had to kill around 4-5 monsters and i got it ...

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Ciggy on 07/15/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)

This quest item has an old style WoW drop rate. If you're levelling an alt character through grinding xp, you will thrive on this quest. I cleared the valley on my 40 shaman no less than six times before the quest item finally dropped. Nice herb action at least, as uglybot said above but, if you're power-levelling, good luck with the drop rate!

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By LomaxGnome on 01/15/2008 (Patch 2.3.2)

I cannot express strongly enough how horrid the drop rate for this is. Your luck may vary, but I spent over an hour and half before finally giving up on this terrible waste of time. Avoid this quest unless you are a complete masochist.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Conreeaght on 05/24/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)

I took this quest before the timed quest from darkshire-nethergarde and thought "sure I can get it on the way." I made it, but with 2 minutes to spare, and I really don't reccomend it, the drop rate is still terrible.

So to make this comment purposeful, don't take the timed quest and this quest at the same time,

However, if you're a levelling priest alchemist, these mobbs are perfect to grind on - easy to kill (dispelling their regenration) and occasionally drop herbs.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 11/22/2005 (Patch 1.8.3)

I got it on my 6th, either you have been killing the wrong guys, or you were extremely unlucky (I may have been lucky too), got it off a Swampwalker Elder

Edit: You can find these elementals all over Swamp., but there are just lots here

Edited, Tue Nov 22 10:31:13 2005

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 07/14/2006 (Patch 1.11.2)

It took me and my hubby 1 1/2 hours to find this thing ..... must admit we got 15k xp each [before hand in of quest] and a few herbs in the process so wasn't too bad. We got it off one of the swamp creatures in the area everyone is mentioning..... cant remember which one as they all became a blur after 30 mins. Got the enchant gloves - herbalism as well as 5 other greens.

Might not have been too lucky in getting the quest done but it saved me 10g+ on the recipe for my priest :o)

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/10/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

Whew. For a moment I thought this quest was broken, that the GMs were leading me on, and that I had been Sonied. (SONIED: so' need (v). To be screwed without the potential for pleasure that screwing implies.) And while I'm generally the one who reminds people about statistics, this was a clear case of statistical outliers.

I had accepted the quest (which I seem to recall was given in the wake of the Stockade quests) and started killing the two creatures that match the "horrible plant-like swamp creature" description, of which there are three kinds in the Swamp of Sorrows. (Yes, three. Read on.) I killed dozens but didn't think to count. Fearing a broken quest, I abandoned, reaccepted, and this time kept track.

SWAMPWALKERS: 26
TANGLED HORRORS: 28
MOLT THORNS: 1 (he's a rare, dropped an OK green for me)

55 kills. The one it dropped from was a Tangled Horror, in case you want to concentrate your efforts there.

55 kills for one paper is way too much, especially since the reward is so craptacular. But, and this is a big but, at least it's not broken!

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 05/05/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)

As a level 42 Human Priest, solo'ing took me maybe fifteen-twenty minutes to complete. The necklace did drop off of one of the swamp creatures not to mention Formula: Enchant Gloves - Advanced Herbalism (go for 14g on Teranas server) )

Edited, Thu May 4 15:10:39 2006

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 06/29/2006 (Patch 1.11.1)

Got it on the first swampdweller I saw. The entrance is around 19, 45 in the swamp of sorrows.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/02/2007 (Patch 2.0.1)

But where is Mahar Ba

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By Anonymous on 10/28/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)

can someone tell me where is Watcher Mahar Ba

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 06/19/2005 (Patch 1.5.1)

This quest is easy. I did it by:
1) Taking griffon flight to duskwood area.
2) Riding east to Deadwood area.
3) Riding quickly through the deadwood area.
4) Immediately upon entering the swamp of sorrow, go northwards to find an area that has no path, a kind hidden cove area. There you should kill every swamp elemental creature you see until the document drops, it's totally random. Don't worry about any chests or crates you see here, they just have common items in them and are just a distraction.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 05/14/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)

I killed everything in that area just north of the zone entrance from Deadwind Pass... the Tangled Horrors, the Mire Lord, the Swampwalker Elders, and the Swampwalker. It was a Swampwalker Elder that dropped it.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 05/18/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)

Dropped off a Swampwalker for me after about 7 kills. Believe it drops off any of those elementals randomly, not just the Swampwalkers.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/05/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)

Watcher Mahar Ba is at (67, 19), inside the tower on the top floor.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/20/2007 (Patch 2.0.5)

Nethergarde keep is at the top of the blasted lands. The book dropped off of the 4th swampwalker i killed.

Edited, Jan 20th 2007 12:04pm by Azurei

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/24/2006 (Patch 1.9.4)

I gave this one up, killed about a hundred of these things (swampwalker elders), enough to level myself up at least-Mazen can go get his own damn book.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 05/31/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)

I got mine from Tangled Horrors in Misty Valley in Swamp of Sorrow.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 09/18/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

Very unlucky so far no drop no greens nothing spent over 2 hrs on this quest. I did get a supply delivery quest from a chest. I'v done the Crystal quest and now starting the removeing the Spiders Croc's and Cat's quest to chang up the dulldrum of killing the Elementals. Also the Dragonkin are fun to kill for the Leather.

Dakone 42 Druid Malfurion

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/27/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

It took me several hours to get the silly item. I've killed over 60 to get it. If it weren't for the fact that I've been getting excellent xp for it, it wouldn't have been worth it.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/12/2007 (Patch 2.0.4)

For some reason or another I cannot find Nethergarde Keep. Is this in Stormwind City somewhere? Please help me......

Oh and as for the mobs it dropped off of. I had to just keep killing mobs until it dropped.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 02/16/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)

It seems like this is either really easy or really hard.

I've killed all of the swamp creatures in Misty Valley twice, and no drop. But I note that I visited Mahar first, before I started killing them. I wonder if the other people who had trouble started by seeing the Mahar and that somehow eliminates the drop, whereas people who start with the killing get it pretty easily.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 04/25/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

I did NOT visit Mahar Ba before killing the swamp things, but it still took 3 hrs. of constant grinding. I kept that misty vale devoid of creatures the whole time. Fortunately, my lvl40 Lock had no trouble with these mobs.

I earned about 10 bars of xp, but only picked up 2 low greens.

Edited, Apr 25th 2007 4:50pm by Golgiboy

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Trilless on 11/19/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)

2.3 patch 4600 XP (as a 42 draenai)

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By Anonymous on 06/07/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)

Who is the quest giver in Stormwind?

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By Zore on 09/08/2019 (Patch 1.13)

2nd kill Classic 9/92019

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By dngnb8 on 03/11/2020 (Patch 1.13)

wow, What a grind! Level 41 Paly Tank

86 waters drank
77 Foods eaten
9 Sharpening Stones (30 min each)
72,000 XP gained.

1 drop..........

Got the drop off the boss in the cave, 5th kill.

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By Fanera on 08/07/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)

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By Poplover01 on 11/24/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)

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By Gianttoad on 01/07/2008 (Patch 2.3.0)

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By Houwitser on 01/17/2008 (Patch 2.3.2)

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